Pia Kühnemann

Pia Kühnemann creates artworks that reflect her deep connection to St. Moritz and invite the viewer to contemplate the beauty and authenticity of the natural world and the essence of being on a stage that she has created, encouraging them to find this within themselves as well.

She draws her inspiration and materials directly from the pristine nature of the Engadine, which she simultaneously considers a central theme of her art. In doing so, she consciously avoids traditional tools such as brushes.

At the heart of her work, alongside the nature of the Engadine, lies the drive for authenticity. A spontaneous interplay between human and nature shapes her creative process, allowing nature to engage in an aesthetic dialogue and develop its own structures. Through this, the essence of the human being and the organic irregularity of the materials are highlighted.

Her works are a tribute to St. Moritz. Kühnemann employs the sgraffito technique, which adorns many buildings in the Engadine, blending old techniques with experimental methods – an attempt to not only appreciate and preserve these elements but to reinterpret them in a modern context.

The imaginative and often surreal motifs of her paintings romanticize the landscape and create a poetic, escapist aura, while simultaneously conveying respect for the world that surrounds her.